Beef, Wine and Iron (Liebig’s Extract)
Title Beef, Wine and Iron (Liebig’s Extract) Author Liebig’s Extract / Distributed by Nutt’s Pharmacy Image Description This tall clear […]
Medical history and curiosities
Explorations of unusual medical practices, rare conditions, and the evolution of medicine through history.
Axene (Yellow Cinnamon)
Title Axene (Yellow Cinnamon) Author The Warren-Teed Products Co., Columbus 8, Ohio Image Description This amber glass prescription bottle labeled
Ammens Medicated Powder
Title Ammens Medicated Powder Author Grove Laboratories, St. Louis, MissouriDivision of Bristol-Myers Co. Image Description This mid-20th-century tin of Ammens
Hunt’s Remedy Sailor Trade Card (1883)
Title Hunt’s Remedy Sailor Trade Card (1883) Author Hunt’s Remedy Co., Providence, Rhode IslandPrinted by The Major & Knapp Lith.
Aesculus (Aesculus glabra) — Lloyd Brothers, Cincinnati
Title Aesculus (Aesculus glabra) Author Lloyd Brothers, Cincinnati Image Description This small brown glass bottle labeled “Aesculus (Aesculus glabra)” was
Iron and Strychnine Tonic Prescription — Dr. W. F. Hasskarl, Brenham, Texas (c. 1915)
Prescribing Doctor: Dr. W. F. HasskarlPatient Name: Mrs. O. A. SewardPharmacy: Theo. Schirmacher, Druggist — Brenham, TexasDate: Undated (estimated 1910–1920)Location:
Theory and Treatment of Fevers
Title Theory and Treatment of Fevers Author John Sappington, M.D. Image Description An 1844 medical treatise written and printed by
Wyeth’s Buchu Cordial (No Sugar)
Title Wyeth’s Buchu Cordial (No Sugar) Author John Wyeth & Brother, Philadelphia Image Description A clear 12-ounce glass bottle of
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Trade Card (c.1890s)
Title Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Trade Card (c.1890s) Author Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn, Massachusetts. Image Description